NFF media director, Ademola Olajire, who confirmed this to The Guardian Saturday said that Uzoenyi, who was adjudged the best player at the African Nations Championship (CHAN), would leave for USA immediately.
Earlier, Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, said he would seek better medical opinion before deciding whether injured Echiejile will make it to the Brazil 2014 World Cup.
The defender was absent from the team’s training on Friday fuelling speculation that the AS Monaco player might miss the Mundial.
Echiejile copped the injury in the friendly game against Greece on Tuesday and a scan carried out on the player was inconclusive.
Speaking on the scan on Echiejile, Keshi said he was still waiting for a better medical opinion to enable him take a decision.
“We don’t have to rush things, we are talking of t
he World Cup; not just any other competition, so we have to be careful on what we say or do regarding our top players”, Keshi said after Friday evening’s training.
Top stars like Franck Ribery of France, Marco Reus, Riccardo Montolivo are already out of the Brazil 2014 football competition due to injuries, while Portugal’s skipper, Cristiano Ronaldo, is still recuperating from an injury he copped while on duty for his Spanish team, Real Madrid.
Echiejile is the only recognisable left back in the team and his absence is be a big blow for the Nigerian team.
Meanwhile, the Eagles camp in Jacksonville, United States (U.S.) was thrown into ecstasy on Friday when goalkeeper, Austin Ejide, disclosed to his teammates that his wife, Chito, has given birth to a baby girl in Chicago, also in the U.S.
Keshi, however, named the child, “the World Cup baby of Nigeria”, as she was coming barely 10 days to Nigeria’s opening World Cup match against Iran on June 16. Asked what he will name his baby girl? Ejide beaming with smiles, said Chimamanda.
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